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wish
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Expressing desire or wish.
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The optative mood; also, a verb in the optative mood.
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a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs
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indicating an option or wish
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relating to a mood of verbs in some languages; "optative verb endings"
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desired
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something
Something to be desired.
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